Improvement in compressors and detainers for grain-binders



0. 0. STORLE. b Compressor and Detainer for Grain-Binders.

No. 222,960. PatentedDec. 23,1879.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

OLE O. STORLE, OF MILWAUKEE, WISGON SIN, ASSIGNOB OF TWO-THIRDS OF HIS RIGHT TO J. G. FLINT, JR, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN COMPRESSORS AND DETAINERS FOR GRAIN BINDERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 222,960, dated December 23, 1879; application filed October '20, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OLE 0. STQRLE, of

7 Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and in the State of Wisconsin, have invented cerv shaft, F, connected with the running gear.

This crank-shaft has hearings in the ears f f of the bracket, and terminates in an arm, G, upon which is pivoted the cord-arm K S, at H.

The cord-arm is provided with the usual head ('1, which is perforated at e for the reception of the cord at one end, and at the other with a stud, I, which, after passing through the hub P of the arm N of the yielding compressor and detainer, projects into an irregular slot in the arm 0 of the bracket. The hub P projects suficiently to receive the rear end of the binder-arm K S, and is hollowed out for the gavel, as is now common in cord-binders,

by the crank-arm G, while its movements are controlled by the arm 0 D of the bracket. Now, as thetwo arms N S have the same pivotal point, any movement of one must carry the other with it. Therefore, supposing the arm K Sis being carried forward by the crank, as soon as the hub P has reached the terminus of the slot nearest the crank-arm its forward motion will cease, and the crank will begin to depress the eye-end of the cord-arm; but, as the arm N is between the cord-arm and the bracket, it will come in contact with the rear end of the crank-arm, which will prevent it from following the cord-arm; and, as it is connected with the arm L of the detainer and compressor by a link-arm, M, by the time the cord-arm has reached its farthest limit of motion and the pivotH is at its lowest point the lower arm, B, will have been drawn tight up against the gavel and will hold it against the cord-arm until the knot has been tied. This operation is repeated at regular intervals, each revolution of the crank carrying the compressor and detainer into position for clasping, holding, and releasing the gavel.

This device will apply as well to wire as to cord binders.

The compressor may be made of elastic material, or may be pivoted to the cord-arm in such a manner as to yield in its action.

I claim- 1. The combination, with the cord-arm and compressor and detainer, of the arm N, a suitable stop to prevent its downward movement as the cord-arm is being depressed, and a connectinglink operating on the arm L of the compressor and detainer.

2. The combination of the cord-arm and an arm, N, the two having the same pivotal point, with the crank and slotted bracket-arn1,yieldin g compressor and detainer, and the connecting-link, as set forth.

3. Thecombination of cord-arm, compressor and (letainer, arm N, connecting-link, crank, and arm 0 D of the bracket, as set forth.

4. The combination of cord-arm, yielding compressor and detainer, and crank with arm N, spring 0, and the connecting-link, as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 2d day of October, 1879.

OLE o. sToRLn.

Witnesses:

STANLEY S. STOUT, LEOPOLD HAMM'EL, 

